Child Development Centre (CDC), Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram is an autonomous centre established by the Government of Kerala with the intention of bringing up the centre as an autonomous centre of excellence in Early Child Care & Education, Adolescent Care & Education, Pre-marital Counselling, Women’s Welfare and other related fields. Mission: To reduce childhood disability through novel scientific initiatives. Motto: Reduction of Childhood Disability & Childhood Onset Adult Diseases through Reduction of Low Birth Weight Babies through Reduction of Adolescent Girls’ Under Nutrition. Vision: Create a generation of prospective and responsive parenthood through healthy children and adolescents.